Dinner SOS by Bon Appétit

By Bon Appétit

Arts Food

What's Dinner SOS by Bon Appétit about?

A last-minute party with no menu inspiration. A kitchen with no space. A toddler who will only eat buttered pasta. Name your dinner emergency—Bon Appétit is here to help.
Dinner SOS is the podcast where we answer desperate home cooks' cries for help. In every episode, food director Chris Morocco and a rotating cast of cooking experts tackle a highly specific conundrum and present two solutions. The caller will pick one, cook through it, and let us know if we successfully helped rescue dinner.
Call in with your own dinner emergencies—no problem is too big or too small!
For the recipes featured in Dinner SOS and more, head to bonappetit.com or download the new Epicurious App in the iOS App Store.
You can find episodes of our previous podcast, Food People, here.

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Dispatches From Your Kitchens

11.28.2023

A short, bonus episode with some dispatches from your Thanksgivings! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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11.28.2023 Dispatches From Your Kitchens A short, bonus episode with some dispatches from your Thanksgivings! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
11.22.2023 More Thanksgiving SOS! Chris, Maggie Hoffman, Jesse Szewczyk, and Kate Kassin spent an afternoon on the Dinner SOS Hotline, helping listeners like you solve their Thanksgiving emergencies. Check out yesterday's episode for even more listener questions. THE RECIPES: - A Kosher, Meatless Thanksgiving: ...
11.21.2023 Thanksgiving SOS! Chris, Maggie Hoffman, Jesse Szewczyk, and Kate Kassin spent an afternoon on the Dinner SOS Hotline, helping listeners like you solve their Thanksgiving emergencies. Don't forget to come back tomorrow for part 2! THE RECIPES: - Appetizers: Kombu Celery, Hurricane ...
11.14.2023 I Need A More Perfect Thanksgiving John has a lot at stake this Thanksgiving. Just last year, his mother-in-law granted him permission to host the holiday—and he hit it out of the park. But anxious to keep his standing as the family's Thanksgiving host, John turned ...
11.07.2023 Call Us With Your Thanksgiving Questions! Dinner SOS wants to help you get ready for Thanksgiving. On this special episode of the podcast, host Chris Morocco and a panel of expert co-hosts from Bon Appétit and Epicurious will help callers plan for one of the biggest ...
11.07.2023 Maria Bamford Needs Farm Cake Our guest this week is Maria Bamford. She's a comedian and author with a culinary vision for farm cake. Chris calls on Epicurioius Food Editor Jesse Szewczyk to help turn Maria's vision for farm cake into a recipe she can ...
10.31.2023 Dinner SOS in Toronto! In this special, live recording of Dinner SOS, Chris Morocco and Shilpa Uskokovic are joined by food writer Suresh Doss, and by cookbook author and host of Top Chef Canada Eden Grinshpan at Toronto's Hot Docs Podcast Festival. They dive ...
10.24.2023 I Need A Healthy Reset After Traveling Megan travels a lot for work and keeps finding herself in the same spot: home from a trip, wanting to reset with a healthy home-cooked meal, but never being able to execute it well. Chris calls on Associate Food Editor ...
10.17.2023 I Need "Chefy" Feeling Weeknight Meals Cait often devotes her weekends to hours in the kitchen. And when she's done cooking, she says the meals feel like restaurant quality. But now, she's looking to bring that feeling into her weeknights. So, Chris enlists the help of ...
10.10.2023 Picky Eater Therapy (Re-Run) Our guest Maddy has never even tried a carrot. Her ultimate goal is to be able to sit down at a restaurant and find more than one option appealing, and to shed the title of "pick eater." Chris taps Executive ...
09.26.2023 I Need More Fish Recipes Brian and Claire are newlyweds looking for more fish recipes. Specifically, salmon recipes. Salmon is their favorite, but they cook it so frequently, they're on the verge of growing tired of it. Can Shilpa and Chris help the couple keep ...
09.19.2023 How We Found America's Best New Restaurants Bon Appetit's Restaurant Editor Elazar Sontag joins Chris in studio to talk about BA's 2023 Best New Restaurants List, how he at time (seriously) had seven meals in one day, and what it feels like when you are eating at ...
09.12.2023 I Need A Group Trip Meal Lale Arikoglu is an expert traveler. And she’s headed on vacation with friends, where she’ll need to provide dinner one evening. Faced with a flurry of dietary restrictions, she turned to Dinner SOS for some direction. RECIPES: From Chris: Sesame ...
09.05.2023 I Need A Birthday Menu For My Tiny Apartment Ira Madison III is no stranger to hosting. He hosts Crooked Media's Keep It Podcast. But outside of podcasting, he loves his friends, cookbooks, and hosting dinner parties. However, he recently moved to a much smaller space and is out ...
08.29.2023 I Need A Weeknight-Friendly Pantry Like many of us, Gillian has found herself working from home permanently and finds getting to the grocery store just isn't what it used to be. So, she's turned to Chris and Shilpa for help stocking her pantry to get ...
08.22.2023 I Need To Perfect Scallops At Home Rachel and her boyfriend are obsessed with scallops. In fact, their ideal scallop experience was at Gordon Ramsay’s Hell's Kitchen, and she's been trying to replicate it ever since. In this episode, we help Rachel figure out how she should ...
08.15.2023 August Mailbag with Mark Bittman This week, Chris and Mark Bittman dig through the inbox to answer your culinary questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
08.08.2023 Too Chicken (Re-Run) Sophie cold called us and left us a voicemail about her fear of cooking chicken, so we got her back on the line to really dig into her concerns. And with the help of Mackenzie Fegan, we offer her some ...
07.25.2023 I Need A Brownie That's Not Too Sweet Chris couldn't have prepared more for this week's SOS. Our caller, Ilana, is in search of a brownie that's not too sweet. Luckily, Chris just developed a new brownie recipe in the Test Kitchen. A process that required more than ...
07.18.2023 I Need Nut-free Takeout Liah loves ordering takeout, particularly of the Indian and Thai varieties. But, she recently discovered she’s allergic to nuts, which means her favorite takeout options are now out of question. Despite her best attempts, she’s yet to recreate some of ...
07.11.2023 The Perfect Spaghetti Sauce Jon always hated his mother's recipe for spaghetti sauce. So, he's hoping to find a recipe he will love and make with his own kids. Chris enlists Hana Asbrink's help to introduce Jon to a new approach he and his ...
07.04.2023 Recipe Riffing Our caller this week, Maya, really thinks about how she cooks. She’s identified more than a dozen types of recipes that she knows she can rely on, and even adapt. But, she’s in search of more like these. She wants ...
06.27.2023 Fancy, On A Budget Yilin is a college student on a budget. And like a good Econ-major, she called in to find out which ingredients are worth her time and which types of foods are within her culinary reach. Chris and Shilpa Uskokovic give ...
06.20.2023 Live At Symphony Space Last month, for the very first time, Dinner SOS left the studio and took to the live stage! With the help of a few culinary geniuses, Padma Lakshmi, Marcus Samuelsson, and Ruth Reichl, we answered your cooking questions and some ...
06.13.2023 The Sound of Mac & Cheese (Re-run) Whenever Blake makes mac and cheese, it tastes like cardboard. Maggie Hoffman and Chris offer him two approaches to the dish to make sure that never happens again. Recipes featured in this episode: From Maggie, Our Favorite Mac and Cheese ...
06.06.2023 A Picnic For 25 Phoebe is preparing an ambitious meal: a good-bye picnic for 25 graduating high school seniors she’s advised over the years. The students are graduating from a boarding school in rural Indiana, and they’ve tried every restaurant in town. So, Phoebe ...
05.30.2023 Too Chicken Sophie cold called us and left us a voicemail about her fear of cooking chicken, so we got her back on the line to really dig into her concerns. And with the help of Mackenzie Fegan, we offer her some ...
05.23.2023 Pizza, But Make It Gluten-Free Even with a whole slew of allergies and dietary restrictions, Caitlin manages to find meals to fit her family’s food needs. But she is completely vexed by finding a gluten free pizza dough that is crunchy and chewy. Chris brings ...
05.16.2023 Plant-based POV Michela is a life-long vegetarian who needs some inspiration and ideas for getting more protein into her diet. So, Chris enlists the one-and-only Hetty McKinnon to help reframe Michela’s thinking on cooking with plants. Recipes featured in the episode: From ...
05.09.2023 How To Cook More Sustainably With Pierce Abernathy Sustainability mailbag: Fried Caper and Artichoke Toasts, Vegan Chocolate Mousse with Sesame Brittle, Herb-Stuffed Flatbreads with Yogurt Sauce, Lemony Brothy Beans with Asparagus, Beet and Mushroom Miso Ragu Pierce's pop-up tour: https://piercespringtour.com/ Aerthship collective: https://aerthship.com/ Learn more about your ad ...
04.25.2023 April Mailbag Recipes featured in the episode: Chocolate-Almond Fridge Fudge Gluten-Free Chocolate-Tahini Brownies One-Pot Puttanesca Meatball Soup with Beef Stew Vibes Citrus-Braised Pork with Crispy Shallots Red Wine and Soy-Braised Short Ribs Soy-Braised Brisket Coconut-and-Lemongrass-Braised Short Ribs Coconut-Marinated Short Rib Kebabs with ...
04.18.2023 BONUS: Picky Eater Extended Cut Chris and Sonia visit the studio to reflect on their time with Maddy. Plus, hear her try a few more things! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
04.11.2023 A Together-Worthy Meal Lauren and her family love inviting people over for Shabbat dinner. But between dietary restrictions and kids, sometimes figuring out what to make feels too hard. So she often resorts to ordering in. Still, Lauren feels like there's a way ...
04.04.2023 Picky Eater Therapy Our guest Maddy has never even tried a carrot. Her ultimate goal is to be able to sit down at a restaurant and find more than one option appealing, and to shed the title of "pick eater." Chris taps Executive ...
03.28.2023 The Freezer Is Your Friend Lana is a mom to a toddler and lives in a rural area, which means trips to the grocery store aren't that simple or frequent. She's looking for meals that freeze well, that feel new, and are delicious. So, we ...
03.21.2023 Cake It 'Til You Make It Shilpa Uskokovic has been busy baking cakes for any occasion. Listen to hear Shilpa's top five best cake practices, and all the tools you need to successfully bake at home. Plus, she'll answer a few cake questions from the inbox. ...
03.14.2023 When You Want To Impress... Whitney considers herself a beginner in the kitchen, but her dream is to host a multi-course dinner that will really wow her friends. So, Chris and Shilpa throw some really ambitious recipes her way. Will they be too much or ...
03.07.2023 Celebrate Women's History Month with The One Recipe! Noor Murad talks to Jesse this week about the time she almost burned down a kitchen, what it’s like teaching the hard lessons she had to be taught, and her One: Green Frittata With Burnt Eggplant & Pomegranate Salsa. Noor ...
02.28.2023 February Mailbag Edition Chris and Shilpa weigh in on how a vegetarian mom should prepare chicken for her toddler, the only knives you actually need in the kitchen, what cuisine they'd choose for a weeknight dinner, and finally, whether frozen fish is worth ...
02.21.2023 4 Tips for Cooking with a Partner Katianna and John Hong know all about sharing the kitchen together. They’re both chefs and run their restaurant Yangban Society, which was named one of our Best New Restaurants of 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
02.14.2023 You + Me = Dinner They both love to cook, but they don't love cooking together. This Valentine's Day, we help Serena and her boyfriend navigate the kitchen as a team. Recipes featured in this episode: From Rachel, Vada Pav with Dry Coconut-Garlic Chutney, Masala ...
02.07.2023 The Sound of Mac & Cheese Whenever Blake makes mac and cheese, it tastes like cardboard. Maggie Hoffman and Chris offer him two approaches to the dish to make sure that never happens again. Recipes featured in this episode: From Maggie, Our Favorite Mac and Cheese ...
01.31.2023 Nextover Nirvana Like many of us, Jenn is experiencing leftover fatigue. So, Kendra and Chris introduce her to the lifechanging art of nextovers. Recipes featured in this episode: From Kendra, Beer-Braised Carnitas, Buttery Tomato and Cinnamon-Spiced Rice and from Chris, Chicken Tinga ...
01.24.2023 When in Doubt...Funghi Nico and Natalie love cooking together, but after Natalie developed a dairy intolerance cooking their favorite dishes just hasn't been the same. Chris invites vegan-chef Chrissy Tracey to help Nico and Natalie navigate the world of dairy-free. Recipes featured in ...
01.17.2023 Paging Dr. Donut Aruna is about as prepared as any home cook could be. But after a bad experience frying, she's terrified to try again. Chris brings in Test Kitchen Coordinator Inés Anguiano to get Aruna back in the frying game! Recipes featured ...
01.10.2023 January Mailbag Edition We love hearing from our listeners, but we get a lot of questions that we can't turn into full episodes. So, to answer your questions, we're going through our inbox and answering them on air. If you have a dinner ...
12.27.2022 Winter Special: Happiness Expert Gretchen Rubin on Overcoming Travel Stress With holiday travel approaching, tensions are running high and things can get, well, a little stressful. To help us feel more at ease as we enter into the festive period, Lale chats with Gretchen Rubin, author of blockbuster books like ...
12.13.2022 Kitchen-to-Party Ratio Claire tends to spend her dinner parties in the kitchen, not with her guests. She called in search of a recipe with big make ahead potential. Recipes Featured in this Episode: From Zaynab, the Date & Soy Shortribs and from ...
12.06.2022 Small Space, Big Dreams Sam's kitchen is tiny, but she really wants to experiment in the kitchen, particularly with baking. Chris enlists the help of Bon Appetit's Deputy Food Editor Hana Asbrink to help Sam bake something beautiful in her small space. If you ...
11.29.2022 Dietary Restriction Bingo Neha is having a dinner party on Friday. But with five guests and a set of four dietary restrictions, she's stumped by what to serve. So, Chris brings in BA Food Editor Shilpa Uskokovic to help Neha figure out what ...

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